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A VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER , 770-7375 Vol. 4, No. January 30, 1975
aD-Member Cast
Carmen Opens With Guest Stars
Two visiting artists, Theresa
Treadway and Robert Collett, will star
in the music department's upcoming
production of "Carmen" on February
16,17,18, and 19.
Miss Treadway, an opera star of
national reputation, will perform as
Carmen in the
VCU production_
She has sung
"Carmen" more
than 100 times
with twelve
different opera
companies
t h r oughout the
state. She will
share the lead
role of Carmen Treadway
with a Protsmouth student, Joan
Evans.
Miss Treadway recently sang the lead
mezzo-soprano role in "War and
Peace" with the Boston Opera
Company and the American
Symphony Orchestra. She has been
the soloist with the Cleveland
Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony,
and is the leading mezzo singer in the
Boris Goldovesky Opera and the Lake
George Opera in New York. Miss
Treadway is the recent wi nner of the
Deal ly Young Artist award in Dallas,
Texas and received two Rockefeller
grants.
Collett wi ll perform as Don Jose who
is seduced in the play by Carmen, only
to reap tragedy from their encounter,
Collett began his operatic career
while study ing at the University of
Oklahoma where he starred as Lt.
Pinkerton in Pu cci ni's masterpiece,
"Madame Butterfly." He was hailed by
critics there for the beauty and
smoothness of his tenor voice .
Collett has appeared in many
concerts in the southwest, and was the
leading tenor in "The Messiah" by
Handel.
"Carmen" is the 19th century opera
by Georges Bizet. It is one of today's
best loved operas and represents
Bizet's most important composition.
Carmen is an amoral character who
plays a dual role as villian and heroine.
The opera opens in a publ ic square in
Sevi lle as Carmen, a factory girl, spots
Don Jose and tries to seduce him. This
brief encounter triggers a series of
eve nts that lead to the downfall of
Don Jose.
When Carmen is arrested for
participating in a fight that broke out
in the factory, Don Jose, a guard, is
pursuaded to let her escape. After
spending two months in prison for
allowing the escape, Don Jose pursues
Carmen to a smuggler's mountain
hideaway where his character quickly
deteriorates. In the course of the
opera, Don Jose loses his status as hero
a nd eventually murders Carmen
because of her unfaithfulness and
cruelty.
The VCU cast for "Carmen" wi ll
number about 80 performers and
singers including a 35-member
children's chorus . "Carmen" will be
presented at 7:30 p.m. on February
16-19 in the Scottish Rite Temple,
4202 Hermitage Road.
Reservations for the opera can be
made by calling the music department,
Monday through Friday from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tickets can also be
purchased at Miller and Rhoads,
downtown store, and at Walter D.
Moses.
Campus Center Represents
New Student Life Concept
The university's new $7.7 million they lack identity since the size ot the
Campus Center, which will be located
in the 900 block of Floyd Avenue, will
be more than just a building with
student recreation faci lities, according
to John Wong, the director of the
center.
As Wong envisions the 139,000
square foot building, it will play a
major ro le in bringing students
together .
"We want this building to maximize
eve ry opportunity for social
interaction. In a big uni vers ity such as
this, it's very easy for students to feel
campus is so overwhelming," Wong
explained. "To prevent this we have
tried to have open areas throughout
the building so students can rub
should ers with each other and with the
faculty. We didn't want too many
hideaway niches where people can
withdraw. This isn't going to be a
substitute womb. Our architects, the
RTKL Virginia Corporation designed
the bu ilding so that people are going
to have to see each other. This is what
students in a large urban university
need," Wong added. (continued on p.3 )

A VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER , 770-7375 Vol. 4, No. January 30, 1975
aD-Member Cast
Carmen Opens With Guest Stars
Two visiting artists, Theresa
Treadway and Robert Collett, will star
in the music department's upcoming
production of "Carmen" on February
16,17,18, and 19.
Miss Treadway, an opera star of
national reputation, will perform as
Carmen in the
VCU production_
She has sung
"Carmen" more
than 100 times
with twelve
different opera
companies
t h r oughout the
state. She will
share the lead
role of Carmen Treadway
with a Protsmouth student, Joan
Evans.
Miss Treadway recently sang the lead
mezzo-soprano role in "War and
Peace" with the Boston Opera
Company and the American
Symphony Orchestra. She has been
the soloist with the Cleveland
Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony,
and is the leading mezzo singer in the
Boris Goldovesky Opera and the Lake
George Opera in New York. Miss
Treadway is the recent wi nner of the
Deal ly Young Artist award in Dallas,
Texas and received two Rockefeller
grants.
Collett wi ll perform as Don Jose who
is seduced in the play by Carmen, only
to reap tragedy from their encounter,
Collett began his operatic career
while study ing at the University of
Oklahoma where he starred as Lt.
Pinkerton in Pu cci ni's masterpiece,
"Madame Butterfly." He was hailed by
critics there for the beauty and
smoothness of his tenor voice .
Collett has appeared in many
concerts in the southwest, and was the
leading tenor in "The Messiah" by
Handel.
"Carmen" is the 19th century opera
by Georges Bizet. It is one of today's
best loved operas and represents
Bizet's most important composition.
Carmen is an amoral character who
plays a dual role as villian and heroine.
The opera opens in a publ ic square in
Sevi lle as Carmen, a factory girl, spots
Don Jose and tries to seduce him. This
brief encounter triggers a series of
eve nts that lead to the downfall of
Don Jose.
When Carmen is arrested for
participating in a fight that broke out
in the factory, Don Jose, a guard, is
pursuaded to let her escape. After
spending two months in prison for
allowing the escape, Don Jose pursues
Carmen to a smuggler's mountain
hideaway where his character quickly
deteriorates. In the course of the
opera, Don Jose loses his status as hero
a nd eventually murders Carmen
because of her unfaithfulness and
cruelty.
The VCU cast for "Carmen" wi ll
number about 80 performers and
singers including a 35-member
children's chorus . "Carmen" will be
presented at 7:30 p.m. on February
16-19 in the Scottish Rite Temple,
4202 Hermitage Road.
Reservations for the opera can be
made by calling the music department,
Monday through Friday from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tickets can also be
purchased at Miller and Rhoads,
downtown store, and at Walter D.
Moses.
Campus Center Represents
New Student Life Concept
The university's new $7.7 million they lack identity since the size ot the
Campus Center, which will be located
in the 900 block of Floyd Avenue, will
be more than just a building with
student recreation faci lities, according
to John Wong, the director of the
center.
As Wong envisions the 139,000
square foot building, it will play a
major ro le in bringing students
together .
"We want this building to maximize
eve ry opportunity for social
interaction. In a big uni vers ity such as
this, it's very easy for students to feel
campus is so overwhelming" Wong
explained. "To prevent this we have
tried to have open areas throughout
the building so students can rub
should ers with each other and with the
faculty. We didn't want too many
hideaway niches where people can
withdraw. This isn't going to be a
substitute womb. Our architects, the
RTKL Virginia Corporation designed
the bu ilding so that people are going
to have to see each other. This is what
students in a large urban university
need" Wong added. (continued on p.3 )